Tom Brady Finally Explained His Relationship with Donald Trump

It's a weird time to be Tom Brady. As he spent the early part of the 2016 season on suspension for the whole deflategate thing, there was the ongoing conversation about his relationship to the man dumb enough to laugh about assaulting women while wearing a microphone.

"One way or another, it's so far away from when the election will be. Whatever I vote is going to be my own personal choice based on how I feel," Brady said last September. "I don't even know what the issues are. I haven't paid attention to politics in a long time. It's actually not something that I really even enjoy. It's way off my radar."

Well, that election is only 22 days away, and Brady once again had to clarify his Trump friendship.

"I met him probably 15, 16 years ago," Brady said on Monday during his weekly interview on Kirk & Callahan. "We've played golf together many, many times, and I've always had a good time with him. He's been a friend of mine. He's supported our team. He's supported the Patriots. He's been on the Patriots sideline a lot. He's always called me after games to encourage me over the course of 15 years. That's kind of the way it is."

So, they're like pen pals? How adorable. Unfortunately, Brady was still unclear if he will vote for Trump next month, but he did explain why he ran off last week when asked about the "locker room talk."

"Obviously, there's a lot of headlines to make, and I've tried not to make a lot of headlines," Brady said. "I've been in an organization where we're taught to say very little, we have respect for our opponents, and we don't do the trash-talking. The thing I've always thought is I don't want to be a distraction for the team. That's what my goal is."

Thankfully, we rely on Brady for his ability to throw a piece of leather filled with a specific amount of air—not for his gripping political analysis.